1 Kings 11:12-13

12 Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

13 However, ¹I will not tear away all the kingdom, but ²I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem ³that I have chosen."

1 Kings 11:12-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 11

This chapter relates the false steps Solomon took, notwithstanding all his wisdom, in marrying strange wives, and worshipping other gods, 1Ki 11:1-8 upon which the Lord threatens him to rend the kingdom in his son's time, 1Ki 11:9-13 and he raised up adversaries against him, Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam, 1Ki 11:14-26 of which last an account is given, and of his being assured by Ahijah the prophet of his having ten of the tribes of Israel given to him; which Solomon having notice of sought to slay him, 1Ki 11:27-40 and the chapter is concluded with an account of Solomon's death and burial, 1Ki 11:41-43.

Cross References

• 1. [2 Samuel 7:15; Psalms 89:33]
• 2. ver. 32, 36; [1 Kings 12:20]
• 3. Deuteronomy 12:5, 11